Humans’ Best Friend? The Ethical Dilemma of Pets

The main aim of this paper is to demonstrate the need for a reassessment of the moral status of pets. I argue that pets rest on an undefined ethical borderline, which brings several puzzling problems to both human-centered ethics and animal ethics and that neither of these fields adequately handles...

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Main Author: Matteo Andreozzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: LED Edizioni Universitarie 2013-11-01
Series:Relations
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Online Access:http://www.ledonline.it/index.php/Relations/article/view/16